Kenya’s 30 percent tree cover commitment
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A section of Embobut Forest in Kenya as captured in July 2021.
Kenya’s economy is heavily dependent on natural ecosystems, including forests, rangelands, wetlands, and agroecosystems, which provide services and livelihood opportunities for communities.
In Kenya, climate-induced deforestation and rangeland degradation are major drivers of biodiversity-related complexities that rank high as national priority concerns, costing the GDP by at least three percent annually, and impacting heavily on the quality of livelihoods and the socio-economic fabric.
To avert this crisis, the Government is launching an ambitious Forestry and Land Restoration Acceleration Programme. The programme has adopted a whole of Government and whole of community approach to manage, conserve, and expand forests sustainably towards attaining a minimum 30 percent forest cover nationally by 2032. This is also expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The campaign will be launched on December 21, 2022 at Ngong Hill Forest in Kajiado County, by President Dr William Samoei Ruto.
Find the specific campaign targets on this flyer.
